adulate

Example Sentences

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Donald Trump, Rose writes, “was adulated in direct proportion to the wrong which he clearly could do.”

From New York Times

“On the one hand, I’m being adulated as this, you know, iconic figure, this person that everyone recognizes now, and knows. Which is fine. I can’t be distracted by that,” he said in an interview.

From Seattle Times

That illogical world view reinforces the belief that Trump is to be admired, adulated and held beyond reproach — particularly for tolerating the "slings and arrows" of "deviant enemies."

From Salon

Burstein is not here simply to commiserate or adulate, though the film necessarily serves measures of both.

From Washington Post

Chirac was greeted by adulating crowds on a 2003 trip to Algeria, where he once battled Algerians fighting for independence from France.

From Seattle Times